Oracle Database Administrator

Oracle DBA Contractor – 6 months contract (inside IR35) – Hybrid in Central Edinburgh

Evolve IT Recruitment is working with a highly respected financial services organisation seeking an experienced Oracle DBA to join a critical technology function supporting large-scale, business-critical platforms. This is a hands‑on role where you’ll take ownership of core Oracle environments, ensuring performance, stability, and security across a complex hybrid estate spanning on‑prem and cloud. You’ll be joining a team at the centre of key technology initiatives, including cloud adoption, platform modernisation, and Dev Ops‑driven database delivery.

• Managing and optimising enterprise Oracle database platforms
• Ensuring availability, resilience, and performance of production systems
• Delivering upgrades, patching, backup and recovery (RMAN) and tuning
• Supporting advanced Oracle technologies including Data Guard, RAC and OEM
• Contributing to cloud transformation projects across OCI and Azure
• Working closely with engineering teams on automation, CI/CD, and Dev Ops pipelines
• Supporting incident, problem and change processes in a regulated environment
• Strong experience as an Oracle DBA in enterprise production environments
• Deep knowledge of Oracle 19c (and ideally newer versions)
• Solid experience across Data Guard, RMAN, SQL and PL/SQL
• Exposure to cloud platforms, ideally OCI and/or Azure
• Linux and scripting experience
• Strong troubleshooting ability and a proactive approach to system stability
• Experience supporting SQL Server alongside Oracle
• Exposure to Azure SQL / Managed Instance environments
• Knowledge of RAC, Exadata or APEX
• Background in financial services or similarly regulated environments

If that sounds of interest then please get in touch, we are shortlisting for the role over the next 48 hours.